At its Dec. 10 meeting the Cliffside Park School District Board of Education highlighted community drives, expanded preschool and tutoring programs, approved an agenda by voice vote, and reviewed audit-close resolutions and a ParentSquare contract.
Cliffside Park School District and Bergen Community College described a two-summer dual-enrollment ESL program that provided college-level credits, covered tuition and textbooks through a state College Readiness grant, and offered advising, peer mentoring and transportation for participants.
At its Sept. 17 meeting the Cliffside Park Board of Education voted to table resolutions 29, 31 and 32 for further review, left resolution 30 (a vehicle/salt-truck matter) on the docket, and approved the meeting agenda by roll call with one abstention noted on a separate resolution.
Cliffside Park students completed a two-year dual-enrollment summer ESL program with Bergen Community College that provided tuition, textbooks and supports through state College Readiness funding; district and college leaders said the program helped students accelerate into college-level coursework.
At its Sept. 17 meeting the Cliffside Park Board of Education voted to table resolutions 29, 31 and 32 for further review, approved the meeting agenda and heard reports on a new ADA-compliant website, facilities projects, Title I/LEAR updates and upcoming budget work.
During the Sept. 17 meeting the board was told the district closed fiscal 2024–25 with a surplus and two audit findings, was briefed on bus‑evacuation drills, planned security vestibules at multiple schools and the Comprehensive Maintenance Plan, and voted 6–0 to accept the meeting agenda.
At the Sept. 17 Cliffside Park Board of Education meeting the district recognized 19 students with perfect NJSLA scores and supervisors described programs — including an intensive math course and an inclusion grant — aimed at supporting multilingual learners and co‑teaching across four schools.
Cliffside Park School District recognized 19 students who earned perfect scores on the NJSLA and introduced district supervisors and several program updates, including preschool expansion, co-teaching grants and upcoming adaptive field tests for grades 4–11.
Cliffside Park’s business office reported a surplus and two audit findings, discussed allocating surplus for building projects, and outlined plans for security vestibule installations, comprehensive maintenance plan submission and recurring bus evacuation drills.
The superintendent reported the district is finalizing a K–12 life-skills curriculum (including supports for students with autism), announced professional-development and recognition plans tied to NJSLA results, and described planned high-school field trips and athletic updates.